Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-07
raE CITY COUNCIL.


m. ctv Council held . special nsesine
80 ,;oht "a ' election returns ano
1890 ,batsyer other business might %
hrongbt before it. There were present.
800 Frank in the chair and Aldermen
Reale. Forbis, Grix. Jahre'ss' Aoeoel'
Pinkham and Richards.
M. election returns were then ~
and the following result announced: FOR
Mavor W. r. Kenyon received . ma
;os;+v ~ 9s3 for Police Magistrate, L. =.
Ham milton. 40; for City Marshal. JONI
joIiv. 1876: for City Treasurer, Jonn e.
Cannon. 1O3: for City Attorney, ". ".
Sheer. 81: Charles F. Lloyd, tor Alderman
First Ward, received q majority OF ! voes'
Frank Batemsn, Second Ward, 90; lnos'
Lavell, Third Ward. %, ID. u. Vaiiton'
Fourth Ward, 30. ...
certificates to the office elect and notify
them to qualify and be installed on o
day, May 16.
THE STREET RAILROADS.
Mr.. Grix moved that all street railroad
natitions be referred to Q comm ttee OF
three.
Mr.. Pinkham moved that inasmuch az
the County Commissioners had deferred
action on the same petitions presented 60
them by the same parties, and the mem.
beers of the Council were as well informed
now as they were ever likely to be ON the
subject, the petitions be now considered.
Everybody knew that he was in favor Of
public improvements and against procras-
tination. It had been the custom to
shilly -shauy with matters OF Improvement
in the Council in the past, and the result
IL L~~- ~oro~o1lv thu i'm np0vom0nfa had
been buried in oblivion. Now he wanted
the Council to lose no time, but give
whichever petitioners they preferred q
chance to 20 to work with this necessary
Improvement before the summer is over.
It is q very short season here anyway, and
il one of the companies were given the ran
chise now there would be q prospect OF
having it in operation before fall.
Mr.. Loeber expressed himself in favor OF
immediate action also. The companies had
defined their wants pretty clearly, and I'M
less the Council wanted to sell the franchise
to the highest bidder be saw nothing to be
gained by delay.
Mr.. Beale protested against immediate
and was in favor of reference to q
He had only heard the ordi-
nances read for the first time last night, /
and he was unprepared to take them up |
Tor consideration now.
Mr.. Richards was in favor Of immediate
consideration. The two propositions had
been referred to a committee, and
without intending aoy disrespect to that
it had brought in a bungling re.
port. There could be nothing gained by |
delay.
PROCRAsTlNATED.
A majority report from the committee
appointed at the last meeting OF the Coun.
Gil to consider the petitions of Lavell
Brothers and Others and Bennett Brothers
and others for street railroad franchises,
was presented orally by Mr.. Grix, who re- |
ported that the committee had been unable |
to agree upon the merits of the two pro.
Mr.. Loeber presented a minority report
in favor OF the project of the Messrs. Ben
nett.
On motion Of Mr.. Richards the majority
and minority reports were tabled.
The ordinance filed with the former petit
ton of the Lavell Bros. and others had
been withdrawn and a new one filed with
the Clerk who read the same for the infor-
of the Council The main altera-
reducing the time within which the road
from Park and Main to the depot was to
be completed to four months, work to be
in thirty days after the ordinance
was passed. There were some minor
which tended to make the PROPOSE
lion of the petitioners more c~ommendable.
Mr.. George Haldorn, present as attor-
ney for the Messrs. Bennett, handed Alder
man Loeber q paper containing some
to the ordinance of this firm
fled, and Mr.. Loeber requested
that, they b. read with the Bennett ordi-
which vas done.
DISCUSSION.
The Mayor put the motion and the ayes
Ind noes being called for, on reference to q
the vote stood:
Ayes-Messrs. Forbis, Beale, Jahrsiss
Grix.
Noes-Messrs. Pinkham, Loeber and
Richards.
The Mayor appointed the former COM
nittee, consisting OF Messrs. Grix, Pink
and Loeber, to report at an adjourn
d meeting of the Council on Friday even
ng at 8 o'clock.
Mr.. Grix asked to be excused from serv.
ng on the committee. but was unanimously
by the other members of the
The Mayor said he had reappointed the
because they were most
thoroughly informed on the subject. and
le hoped they would present a s~uccinct
ind sensible report next Friday night. He
overruled Mr.. Grix. He vent on
% say he was heartily in favor of street
abroad and every other improvement,
md trusted that something practical in
hat line would be done for Butte in the
future.
The Council then adjourned to Friday at
p. m.